LA Sheriffs Contract City Patrol Car Photo by Monrovia1. Pico Sheriffs Stn.

This is what I hope my 37 looks like after the paint job of Cream and Red. What i would really like to find are some close up pictures of it so I know what the scroll work and emblems look like.

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Posted this: an old VHS, Sorry for quality........ From "On Scene" series, taped in late 1980's- This vid rides with FDNY Rescue-2, Brooklyn to a job.



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Is it worth posting more old VHS vids I have, FDNY Boston etc. ?

Standard LAPD black & White crown vic in Downtown photo by Monrovia1.

All right... so, we had this topic before, but it didn't have enough activity and was locked out. Many fire apparatus aficionados know about Crowns, many don't and only know them as the first engine in Emergency. As a Crown owner, I hold these trucks near and dear. Crown as a West Coast manufacture, based in Los Angeles, and later Chino, CA. There were less than 900 Crowns built, with only 68 wide bodies built. The three buyers with the largest purchases over the years were LA City with 149, LA County with 131 [they acquired additional Crowns over the years as they took over fire service for other communities that had purchased Crowns as part of their fleets] and Orange County with 42. The last Crown was actually badged a Van Pelt [but changed to Crown badging by the firefighters] and was sold to Santa Monica, CA. And, with that, I will restart the thread with my favorite Crown of all time.



F-1856, 1980 Crown Wide Body 75ft Telesqurt

Sold To: Hawthorne, CA

Became: LACoFD

Delivered yellow, but was repainted red at some point prior to becoming an LACoFD rig.

Currently owned by a collector who rents out fire trucks for parties and other events.

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Recently purchased this 1972 Mack CF685 1250/500 from the City of York, PA. According to the History of the York Fire Department book this is the first diesel engine purchased by the city. It is also the first non-American LaFrance purchased by the city in 40 years.



It was originally assigned to the Lincoln Fire Company as Engine 9. More recently it served as Engine 5 out of the Goodwill Fire Station on E. Market St.



Got it home last week and hope to get it off to storage this coming weekend if the weather holds.



As you can see it has no equipment at all. So lots of stuff to buy.



As for the body there are two spots on either side of the jump seats were it is rusted through. The rest seems to be in good shape. It runs great. Can't wait for spring to get it out and start pumping with it.



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Tonight I discovered a shillbidder. for those who dont know what a shillbidder is, its someone who uses another ebay user to boost the prices of his auctions. and I found one. and he did it a lot -and once to me! more disturbing is that I know him and never would have thought he would pull this shit. And he is a member of this forum as well... maybe he will see himself... maybe he wont. I'm not gonna out him yet. but he's got some "splainin to do".

Some of you are aware that back on September 21, 2009, I got myself a birthday present: a 1993 Mack CF685F pumper. I'll post some photos, and periodically update the progress on this.



I found out that the rig was for sale when it was posted by Warren Jenkins here on Firepics in early September. A couple of days later, I was able to get in contact with the department. On September 14, my dad and I made the 6-hour trip to meet the department members and test drive the rig. Based on that visit, we went back 7 days later and got her.



This is a 1993 Mack CF685F. The die-hards out there will know that the last CF's were built in 1992 and delivered to Yonkers. My rig was originally built in 1972, but when it was refurbished in 1992/1993, Maryland DMV re-titled it as a 1993 model. From 1972 to 2002, this rig was operated by the Landover Hills VFD in Prince George's County, MD, and from 2002-2009, the Tower Hill #2 VFD in Luzerne Twp, Fayette County, PA ran this as Engine 39-1.



To start off, just a couple of shots that I took today. You'll notice that I'm working on lettering removal on the driver's side first. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> When complete, the rig will represent Landover Hills again.

New platform being checked by mechanics...set up on hill.....note back outrigger OFF the ground as truck "Teeter tottered" on front outriggers.....PM me if you use RK ladders for more safety info.......

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